失脚 (shikkyaku) Japanese meaning: fall from power | Kotomora

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失脚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	失しっ脚きゃくする	失しっ脚きゃくしない
Polite	失しっ脚きゃくします	失しっ脚きゃくしません
Past polite	失しっ脚きゃくしました	失しっ脚きゃくしませんでした
Past	失しっ脚きゃくした	失しっ脚きゃくしなかった
Te-form	失しっ脚きゃくして	失しっ脚きゃくしないで
Desire	失しっ脚きゃくしたい	失しっ脚きゃくしたくない
Potential	失しっ脚きゃくできる	失しっ脚きゃくできない
Passive	失しっ脚きゃくされる	失しっ脚きゃくされない
Causative	失しっ脚きゃくさせる	失しっ脚きゃくさせない
Causative passive	失しっ脚きゃくさせられる	失しっ脚きゃくさせられない
Volitional	失しっ脚きゃくしよう
Polite volitional	失しっ脚きゃくしましょう
Imperative	失しっ脚きゃくしろ	失しっ脚きゃくするな
Conditional	失しっ脚きゃくすれば	失しっ脚きゃくしなければ
Tara conditional	失しっ脚きゃくしたら	失しっ脚きゃくしなかったら

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

fall from power; downfall; losing one's position

Used for political or organizational downfall, often due to scandal or failure. Implies a loss of influence or status, not just a job change.

大だい臣じんは汚お職しょく事じ件けんで失しっ脚

Kanji

失lose, error, fault
脚skids, leg, undercarriage

Related words· 7

失しっ職しょく
失職 refers to losing one's job or employment in general, while 失脚 specifically means losing power or a position of influence, often in politics.
没ぼつ落らくN1
没落 describes a gradual decline or ruin, often of a family or business, whereas 失脚 is a sudden loss of power or position.
退たい陣じん
退陣 means stepping down from a leadership post, often voluntarily or under pressure, while 失脚 implies a more forced or scandal-driven fall from power.
左さ遷せんN1
左遷 refers to being demoted to a lower position, whereas 失脚 usually means a complete loss of power or status.

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陥かん落らく
失脚 means losing one's position or power (often through scandal or defeat), while 陥落 more broadly covers any drop in rank or standing, including sports rankings.
下げ野や
失脚 implies being forced out of power, often through scandal or defeat, whereas 下野 is more neutral and can describe a voluntary or expected loss of office.
倒とう閣かく
失脚 refers to an individual politician's fall from power, while 倒閣 targets the cabinet or government as a whole.

Opposites

復ふっ権けん
復権 means regaining lost power or status, the opposite of 失脚, which is losing it.
就しゅう任にんN2
就任 means taking up a position of power, the opposite process of 失脚, which is losing that position.
返かえり咲ざき
失脚 means falling from power or losing one's position, the opposite of 返り咲き, which means regaining a former position.

Don't confuse with

失しっ格かくN1
失脚 means falling from a position of power or influence, not being disqualified like 失格, despite the similar sound and kanji.

Counted with

回かいN4
失脚 as an event is counted with 回, e.g. 二度の失脚 (two falls from power).

Etymology

Compound of 失 (lose) and 脚 (leg, footing), literally 'lose one's footing', metaphorically extended to losing one's position or power.